Quick Start Guide

What is PiMAME?

PiMAME is the gaming OS for the Raspberry Pi. PiMAME runs MAME, Neo Geo, and PlayStation games out of the box, and is constantly being updated with new emulators and tools.
Included is a suite of software designed to reduce the complexity and time needed to setup a fully working system. An updater is included with the distribution. PiMAME is based off of Raspbian, the official Linux distribution for the Raspberry Pi.

Using PiMAME

Successful Boot up

Upon a successful bootup, you will be automatically logged in and the PiMAME main menu will appear on screen (Figure 1). From here you can access multiple emulators and utilities for the Raspberry Pi.

(Figure 1)

Use the up and down arrows to navigate and press “Enter” or “c” to select an option.

Adding Roms

All ROMs for the systems should be stored in the /home/pi/roms/ directory.
PiMAME has a built in FTP server and web uploader that makes adding games easy.

Web Frontend

The easiest way is by using the web frontend of PiMAME.

Go to the IP Address of your Raspberry Pi in a browser (Figure 2) and you will be greeted with the PiMAME web page.